Patents by Inventor Vivek J. Pawar

Vivek J. Pawar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatuses for attachment of porous coatings to implants and products thereof
    Patent number: 11925561
    Abstract: There are provided herein methods and products resulting therefrom. The methods include attaching a pre-fabricated porous ingrowth structure to a substrate by applying heat, or creating and bonding an in-situ-formed porous ingrowth structure from beads on a substrate by applying heat. In some embodiments, an oxidized metal surface of the substrate is diffusion hardened during the heating process. In some embodiments, a vacuum is applied during the heating process. In some embodiments, pressure is applied during the heating process. Also provided herein are assemblies for compressing the pre-fabricated porous ingrowth structure or the beads onto the substrate during the heating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Marcus L. Scott, Vivek D. Pawar, Carolyn L. Weaver, Daniel A Heuer, Roger R. Dees, Jr., Forrest A. James, Matthew J. Quick
  • Flash analog-to-digital converter and method of operation
    Patent number: 5623265
    Abstract: A flash analog-to-digital converter (8) is provided which includes a comparator array (10) which provides a thermometer code output THC1 through THC7. A binary search encoder (12) is coupled to the comparator array (8) as shown, and provides a binary code output B2 through B0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Vivek J. Pawar, William R. Krenik